Library Journal’s annotated list of fiction and mystery titles for the holiday season offers 16 books, including a some food-themed cozies, a new Sneaky Pie Brown (Santa Clawed: A Mrs. Murphy Mystery), and a short Austrian tale of literary fiction by Adalbert Stifter, Rock Crystal.
LJ’s similar list of romance titles has another 14 holiday titles [...]
The Guardian books blog examines what’s so appealing about vampire fiction, beginning with a short history of the theme and comparing older and seminal fictional works about the blood-drinkers with modern vampire lit, which tends to humanise and glamourise the vampire. As always, the comments offer more titles and food for thought ….
Phyllis Whitney, prolific writer of romantic suspense for adults and novels and mysteries for young adults, died yesterday at age 104 of pneumonia. Her last book, Amethyst Dreams (1997), set on Topsail Island, NC, was published when she was 94. She was just getting around to working on her autobiography.
Obituary in the NYT.
Whitney’s website.
The latest Subgenre Spotlight at Reader’s Advisor is Time Travel Romance (or, If You Like Diana Gabaldon): “These titles are defined as romances which ‘feature protagonists who are transported from one time period to another. The exchange is usually between the present and some time in the past,’” though not invariably. Sarah suggests 5 [...]